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More than thirty years after a 12-year-old boy scout was tortured, raped and murdered in Warren, the story continues making news headlines.

The man on Ohio's death row for the crime asked a judge on Monday for permission to file for another trial for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Raymond Fife in 1985.

The attorney for 48-year-old Danny Lee Hill claims that new evidence has been uncovered that would impact Hill's right to a fair trial.

Two witnesses took the stand, including a forensic expert specializing in reviewing bites marks-- injuries that were taken into account in Hill's 1986 conviction.

Dr. Franklin Wright says the criteria for identifying and analyzing bite marks changed in 2013 and should be considered.

The state questions the timing of the request to take this case back to court and whether or not any further litigation would result in a different outcome.

"That's what this case is about, giving new testimony about a case that was concluded in the public and the system needs to have some continuity and end to the litigation," Dennis Watkins said, Trumbull County prosecutor.

After Monday's hearing, a visiting judge said he would rule in ten days on whether or not Hill can file a motion for another trial.

In 10 days the state can file a request for another hearing, otherwise Presiding Judge Patricia Cosgrove will issue her ruling.

Background – Caution: Some readers may find some details the following court record account disturbing.

According to court records, on September 10, 1985, at approximately 5:15 p.m., Raymond Fife left home on his bicycle to visit a friend, Billy Simmons.

After learning that the twelve-year-old had not arrived at his friend's home by 5:50 p.m., Fife's family began searching for him.

Raymond Fife's father found his son more than four hours later in a wooded field behind the Valu-King supermarket on Palmyra road.

The child was naked and appeared to have been severely beaten and his face was burned. Raymond's underwear was found tied around his neck and appeared to have been lit on fire.

Raymond died in the hospital two days later.

The coroner, who ruled Raymond's death a homicide, testified during the trial that the victim had been choked and had a hemorrhage in his brain. The coroner also said that Fife sustained several burns, damage to his rectal-bladder area and bite marks on his penis.

Through testimony from three Warren Western Reserve High School Students, the jury learned that Danny Lee Hill and Timothy Combs were in the area of the Valu-King and the bike trails on the evening Raymond Fife was assaulted. One of the students had also seen Fife riding his bike in the store parking lot.

A student who said he saw Combs on the trail also said he heard a child's scream. Another student says he saw Combs pulling up the zipper of his blue jeans.

Two days after Fife was found, Danny Lee Hill, who was 18-years-old at the time, went to the Warren Police Station to inquire about a $5,000 reward that was being offered for information concerning the murder.

According to Police Sergeant Thomas Stewart, Hill told him that he had just seen some he knew riding Fife's bike. When Stewart asked Hill how he knew the bike belonged to Fife, Hill replied, "I know it is."

Sergeant Stewart testified that during their conversation, it became apparent that Hill knew a lot about the bike and the underwear that was found around Fife's neck.

On the following Monday, September 16, Hill went to the police station accompanied by his uncle, Warren Police Detective Morris Hill.

Police say after waiving his Miranda rights, Danny Lee Hill admitted on audio and video tape that he was present during the beating and sexual assault of Raymond Fife, but that Timothy Combs did everything to the victim.

The U.S. Sixth District Court of Appeals has issued a ruling that could keep the man convicted in the case of a 12-year-old boy scout who was tortured, raped and murdered, off the execution table.

Fifty-year-old Danny Lee Hill has filed several unsuccessful appeals, the most notable of which was a claim that he is mentally retarded and should not be subject to the death penalty.

However, the ruling of the Sixth District Court of Appeals says that in the eyes of the court, Hill demonstrates several of the prerequisites to be considered mentally deficient.

The ruling upheld Hill's conviction on the murder charge but argued that because of the intellectual deficiencies, Hill cannot be sentenced to the death penalty.

According to the ruling, Hill's IQ varies between a low of 48 and a high of 71. After review of videotapes of Danny Lee Hill's interrogation, the court found Hill to be "childlike, confused, often irrational, and primarily self -defeating".